Coffee Table Literature by Staticon

Photography • Objects • posted on Apr 24, 2009

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I have had a long-time interest in computing having built my first binary switch circuit in 1971 and, using an array of AND gates and OR gates, a machine to play naughts and crosses (or tic tac toe as it is known in some countries) in 1973. Computing languages have also been a fascination for many years so I was rather pleased to pick up this book on programming FORTRAN recently. It is a worthy addition to my collection of coffee table literature - a spot of light reading to go with the light refreshments, so to speak. And yes, I did stir the coffee before I drank it. :-p ---------------------------------------------- Original Photograph 16-Apr-2009 ---------------------------------------------- Many thanks for all the comments on my last picture, 'Birds Revenge'. I have added a little further info to the comments on it. :-)

Comments (7)

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A_Sunbeam

3:43PM | Fri, 24 April 2009

Lord, that's going back a bit! I started with Fortran ... ticker tape ... punched cards ... Ah me, those were the days! Great photo.

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timtripp

4:06PM | Fri, 24 April 2009

sort of a history book? EXCELLENT IMAGE

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TheRingess

4:31PM | Fri, 24 April 2009

Really nice image. I remember fortran 77. Have a good read.

whaleman

4:00AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

I too started with Fortran, and would have loved to have had any book on the subject then. Those were the days, for sure! I hope that coffee is a bit more recent than '77 but I'm not sure...

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pakled

9:44AM | Sat, 25 April 2009

missed out on Fortran..had to suffer COBOL...;) takes me back, tho...you could probably pick up a free compiler on the web nowadays...;)

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myquad

5:34PM | Sun, 26 April 2009

Great 'history' shot! Thanks for the fav ;)

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ontar1

5:33AM | Mon, 18 May 2009

I remember Fortran, still have my discs, use to write programs in it, but do not really use it much anymore (actually once I finished classes with it), excellent capture.